| Music has a far reaching and significant influence | | | | their thinking, stronger in imagination, |
| on human potential then what many people realize. | | | | communication and team work skills. Incidentally, |
| Today, scientists and neuromusicologist in many | | | | these are important attributes for a successful |
| countries are conducting research on how music | | | | life, especially in the highly competitive |
| affects human development, our behavior, | | | | twenty-first century. |
| thinking, learning abilities and well being. | | | | Many government in the world such as Singapore |
| Dr Gordon Shaw and Dr Frances Rauscher, | | | | and the US have recognized the importance of |
| scientists at the University of California at Irvie | | | | music education for the benefits of their citizens. |
| and many others within the brain research | | | | They have invested a lot of financial and human |
| community have shown that music has an | | | | resources at national level to promote music |
| extensive education and brain development value. | | | | education in their countries. In these countries, |
| Listening to classical music can increase memory | | | | collaborative efforts between schools, arts |
| and concentration, and studying a music | | | | organizations and corporations are organized to |
| instrument has shown to increase spatial | | | | make music and arts education a reality across |
| reasoning. | | | | the nation. |
| When music form part of your home | | | | Recent studies show that music learning involve |
| environment, it creates a positive and conducive | | | | our bran at every level. One of the research done |
| atmosphere for learning and aids in the acquisition | | | | by Anne Blood at McGill University in Montreal |
| of early language. It was found that when music | | | | found that music and the arts utilize both the |
| is taught comprehensively and sequentially in | | | | cortex and limbic systems which are essential to |
| schools, it increases the children performance in | | | | helping us in learning that lasts. Music brings out |
| math, science, reading, history and SAT score. In | | | | our emotion such as joy, happiness, love, sorrow |
| some cases, it also help children with learning | | | | and tenderness. When we make music part of |
| disability to become more confidence and make | | | | our learning process, our education becomes |
| their learning process much easier. | | | | richer, more meaningful, long lasing and has |
| A person who study music and learn to play | | | | greater impact in our lives. |
| musical instrument tend to be more creative in | | | | |